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An Act relative to campaign finance reform

Filed by John J. Lawn, Jr.  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H848  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD2390

5 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-10-10JointHearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in 222
2026-01-20HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2026-03-23HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Election Laws (J)  ·  2026-03-18 12:00  ·  Poll/Vote

favorable · 9

adverse · 2

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-10-21Election Laws (J)222, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.